ยฃ2000-ยฃ3500
This is a slightly left-field option. Firstly, itโs less modern retro and more actual retro, having been first released before the turn of the millennium. But over the intervening 20-odd years itโs won the hearts and minds of an eclectic mix of riders who approve of its usability, affordability and versatility.
It is truly the consummate all-rounder. And thatโs kind of why itโs included in this list. It doesnโt really stack up to the two Moto Morinis as standard, but alongside innumerable conversions to race bikes, the SVโs been turned into cafรฉ racers and scramblers and flat trackers, and just about everything in between.
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Itโs cheap, capable, absolutely great fun to ride and in plentiful supply; though youโll increasingly have a bit of a battle on your hands to still find a tidy example thatโs not been messed around with too much.
